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American and European Art Portraiture • Romanticism • Landscape Impressionism • Modernism • Still Life
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Modern Sculpture Investing in Art and Antiques The Lure of Antique Frames Evaluating Oriental Rugs Tiffany at Home
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Exhibition on View at Hirschl & Adler Galleries January 10–February 10, 2007
One of a Pair of Neo-Classical Card Tables with Trestle Bases and Eagle Mounts Boston, Massachusetts, possibly Thomas Seymour (1771–1848), about 1820 Mahogany (secondary woods: pine), 30 ⅞ in. high, 36¼ in. wide, 18 ½ in. deep, 36½ in. wide (open)
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Exhibiting at the Winter Antiques Show, January 19–28, 2007
C. L. PRICKETT Fine Authenticated American Antiques
Robert Street (1796–1865) Portrait of Mrs. Bowie and Son Signed and dated Robert Street, 1836. Oil on canvas 30½" x 25"
Fine Queen Anne Carved Walnut Three Shell Armchair
Fine Chippendale Carved Mahogany Tall Case Clock Philadelphia, circa 1780 Height 8'1"
Philadelphia, circa 1760 Height 40" Chippendale Walnut Dish-Top, BirdCage Candlestand having a reverse dished top and ball and claw feet. Completely original! Chester County, Pennsylvania circa 1750–1765 Diameter of top 21", height 27".
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17th- and 18th-century American and European Furniture, Antique Carpets, American Folk Art, Arms and Armor, Early African Sculpture, Chinese Han and Tang Dynasty Pottery, Pre-Columbian Art, European Old Master Paintings, American Paintings and Sculpture, Classic Cars 1928‒1934, Rare Coins and Medals, Early American Blown Glass, Native American Art, and Natural History.
queen anne cherry bonnet top high chest Weathersfield, CT, circa 1770–1790 Height 7'3", Width 35½"– 38"
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important american carved eagle with patriotic accoutrements The twenty-three star flag symbolizes the State of Maine entering the Union in 1820. The quality of carving and spirited form is rather exceptional. Possibly carved for a ship’s cabin. Painted pine. H. 24, W. 39½, D. 5½ in. 7th Anniversary
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R ARE Q UEEN A NNE PAD F OOT D ESK Massachusetts, circa 1750
Primary Wood: Walnut Secondary Wood: Pine
Height: 42 inches Width: 38¾ inches Depth: 19½ inches
Reference: The desk is illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Volume 5, P4381, page 1366.
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George Inness (1825–1894) Afternoon Glow at Pompton, New Jersey, 1891 oil on canvas, 29½ x 45 inches
James McDougal Hart (1828–1901) Summer Landscape, 1857 oil on canvas, 12¼ x 8¼ inches
Henry Boese (1824–1897) Near the Cherry Valley Mountains, ca. 1860 oil on canvas, 27 x 50 inches
Worthington Whittredge (1820–1910) Woodland Scene with Two Deer, ca. 1881 oil on panel, 27¼ x 22 inches
Thomas Cole (1801–1848) Sunset on the Arno, after 1838 oil on canvas, 33½ x 61½ inches
Edmund Darch Lewis (1835–1910) Kaaterskill Falls, 1860 oil on canvas, 20 x 15 inches
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), Inyo County, California, ca. 1872–73, oil on paper mounted on board, 17 x 21 inches
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American Paintings: 1865–1965 All works subject to prior sale. A 40-page softcover catalogue is available for $35.
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Contributors 15 Discoveries and Noteworthy Sales 16
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18, 26, 30, 38, 81 92, 100, 118 Destinations New York City
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194 Investing
The Price of Denial by michael mendelsohn 199 Investing in Art
Hugh Henry Breckenridge by lisa bush hankin 202 Lifestyle
Mutual Appreciation by gladys montgomery photography by jerry rabinowitz 216 Eric Gill at the Victoria & Albert Museum
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220 Lifestyle
American Folk Art in a Classical Setting by frances mcqueeney-jones mascolo photography by ellen mc dermott
256 A Southern Backcountry Perspective
MESDA at the Winter Antiques Show by johanna metzgar brown 264 Moses in Miniature A Recently Discovered Portrait by John Singleton Copley
by carrie rebora barratt
268 The Lure of Antique Frames
by deborah davis
274 John Singer Sargent and His American Contemporaries in Venice
by william h. gerdts
282 Louis Comfort Tiffany and Laurelton Hall
by alice cooney frelinghuysen and monica obniski
231 Daniel Garber, Romantic Realist
288 Early American Still Life
236 Lifestyle
294 Knights and Castles, A History of Irish Furniture
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The History Within by frances mcqueeney-jones mascolo photography by geoffrey gross 250 Mr. Petrie’s “Shop on the Bay”
by brandy s. culp
Art Focus by erik brockett
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300 The Artist’s Vision: Romantic Traditions in Britain
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199 Investing in Art 305 Treasures of the Chesapeake
Washington Antiques Show Loan Exhibit by christine minter-dowd 310 A Look at Fabrics on Early American Quilts
Winterthur Primer by linda eaton 312 Good, Better, Best in Antique Oriental Rugs
Antiques Council Focus by karen di saia 315 Inspired by China: Traditional Furniture and Contemporary Inspiration
Gallery Focus by christine temin 316 Renovation of a Masterpiece: Yale’s Louis I. Kahn Building
Museum Expansion by philip eliasoph
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VASE OF ROSES, 1895
Oil on canvas, 35 1⁄2 by 25 inches
Signed and dated lower right
Emil Carlsen (1853–1932)
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Blum, Mr. & Mrs. Jerome . . . . . . . .26 Borghi Fine Art, Mark . . . . . . . . . . .87 Boyd Meetinghouse Antiques, Irvin & Dolores . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 Bradsher American Antiques, Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 Bridgman American Antiques, Jeff R. .148 Brock & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22–25 Brownstein Art & Antiques, Joan R. .151 Burns American Indian Arts, Marcy .149 Bush, Inc., G.K.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 C-W Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Chait Galleries, Ralph M. . . . . . . . . .46 Chalfant Antiques, H.L. . . . . . . . . . .86 Cherry Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 Chinese Art Gallery, The . . . . . . . . .39 Clarke Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Clive Russ Photography . . . . . . . . .189 Cook Fine American Art, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80, 178 Cooley Gallery, The . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Creech, Antiques & Fine Art, M. Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 Dail Fine Art, Catherine . . . . . . . . .41 De Ru's Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Delaney Antique Clocks . . . . . . . . .104 Dunton, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 East Dennis Antiques . . . . . . . . . . .142 Eaton Antiques, Inc., Peter H. . . .150 Ekizian Oriental Rugs, Harry . . . .136 Essex Antique Dealers Association . .120 Finer, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 10
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Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers . .107 Herrs, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 Herrup Antiques, Samuel . . . .159, 180 Hill Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Hilt, Wayne & Phillis . . . . . . . . . .180 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover House of Heydenryk . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Huber, Stephen & Carol . . . . . . . . .51 Hyland Granby Antiques . . . . . . . . .52 Imperial Fine Books, Inc. . . . . . . . .102 Jewett-Berdan Antiques . . . . . . . . .161 Jim's of Lambertville . . . . . .88, 89, 90 Jorgensen Fine Period Antiques, R. .110 Kandemir Antique Carpets . . . . . . .143 Kaplan Ltd., Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Katz Americana, Allan . . . . . .162–165 Kendall Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Keno American Antiques, Leigh . . .53 King Gallery of Fine Art, Roger . .117 Kinzle Antiques, Kelly . . . . . . . . . .182 Krainin Antiques, Bettina . . . . . . .118 Kramer & Co., Greg K. . . . . . . . .166 Lang's Sporting Collectibles . . . . . .137 Leonards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Lepore Fine Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Levy, Inc., Bernard & S. Dean . . . . .4 Liverant & Son Antiques, Nathan . .167 Lloyd, Inc., Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 Lockson Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 Looper Antiques, Jonathan . . . . . .140 Lowy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Mackley Gallery, Brant . . . . . . . . .181 Magruder, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . .141 Marks, Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Mendelsohn, Michael . . . . . . . . . .195 Mexico Real Estate Group . . . . . . .188 Meyer, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Miller Studios, P. H. . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Milne, Judith & James . . . . . . . . .177 Minor Antiques, Aileen . . . . . . . . .114 MME Fine Art, LLC . . . . . . . . .20, 21 Moore House Antiques . . . . . . . . . . .36 Mount Vernon Ladies Association .196 Nassau, Lillian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Newman, Ronnie . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 Nichols American Antiques, Thurston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96, 97 Northeast Auctions . . . . . . . . . . .84, 85 O'Brien Jr., Stephen B. . . . . . . . . .181 Odd Fellows Art & Antiques . . . . .169 Old Salem Museums . . . . . . . . . .197 Olde Hope Antiques, Inc. . . . . . . .55 Orbe Fine Art, Patrick . . . . . . . . .38
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n our Anniversary issue we look back over the past year and ahead to plans for our future. In 2006 we continued to expand our offerings and to respond to our readership, advertisers, and the market. Most prominent was our launching of the digital “e” version of Antiques & Fine Art (available on our website, www.antiquesandfineart.com), breaking ground as the first to accomplish this within the field of art and antiques publishing. Now readers can access our magazine online and flip through page-by-page just as if they had the issue in their hands; by virtue of the internet, readers can click on dealers’ advertisements and link to their inventory for further exploration.
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William H. Gerdts, Professor emeritus, art history, Graduate School, City University of NY. Lisa Bush Hankin, Director of research, Adelson Galleries, NY. Lance Humphries, Ph.D., Independent scholar specializing in the arts of the Middle Atlantic region. Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, Independent author specializing in art, antiques, and travel, Boston, MA. Michael Mendelsohn, President, Briddge Art Strategies, Purchase, NY. Christine Minter-Dowd, Director emeritus, DAR Museum, Washington, D.C. Gladys Montgomery, Freelance author, Western, MA. Monica Obniski, Research assistant, department of American Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. James Peill, Vice-president, European furniture department, Christie’s, NY. Stacey Sell, Assistant curator, Old Master Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Christine Temin, Independent writer and former art critic of the Boston Globe, MA.
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Richard Clague (Southern, 1821–1872) St. Tammany Parish Landscape Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches Courtesy of Meyer Fine Art Text by Roulhac Toledano, author of Richard Clague (1974) Referred to as the “the father of southern landscape painting,” Richard Clague brought the academic traditions of Geneva and Paris to Louisiana. Trained abroad, his debt was to Theodore Rousseau and the Barbizon school. In 1862 he opened a studio in New Orleans and influenced young artists such as William Aiken Walker, Charles Giroux, and Joseph Meeker. Clague’s paintings capture the essence of the humid southern landscape, with its waterways and hanging vines. St. Tammany’s Parish is just such a scene. It was likely painted shortly after his arrival but — based on the tignon worn by the women as prescribed by Louisiana’s sumptuary laws — before the Civil War. In 1974 the New Orleans Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Clague’s works. It was discovered that his cousin August de Brueys Hughes, had inherited the contents of Clague’s studio and, in 1873, had transported it to New York. St. Tammany is one of the works that was in Clague’s studio and is the first of those paintings to come to light in over 130 years.
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MME Fine Art, LLC Sold to a private collector Summer Day, Portland Harbor Alfred Thompson Bircher (1837–1908) Oil on canvas 18⅛ x 39⅛ inches Signed lower left: A.T. Bricher Courtesy MME Fine Art, LLC, New York Bricher was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and spent his early career in New England. Although largely self-taught, he painted with the artistic luminaries of his time. When working in the White Mountains he was alongside Benjamin Champney and Alfred Bierstadt, among others; and while in his studio in Boston, with artists such as Fitz Henry Lane and Martin Johnson Heade. Bricher is perhaps best known for his paintings of the New England coast, where with ability equal to these artists, he recorded the crashing of waves or quiet inlet scenes such as those of Summer Day. This image is a quintessential example of one of Bricher’s favorite subjects, the coast of Maine. The painting is in pristine condition and the frame is of the period.
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Walter Launt Palmer, Venice III, (n.d.). Oil on canvas, 24ƒ x 35 inches. Signed lower right; signed again, verso. Courtesy of Hawthorne Fine Art.
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Cocktail shaker, Charter Company, Wallingford, CT (active 1930–1942), 1928. Enameled silver, wood. Dallas Museum of Art, The Jewell Stern American Silver Collection. Acquired through the Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection; gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange, 2002.29.2.A-C.
Modernism in American Silver 20th-Century Design The Wolfsonian, 1001 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL Through March 25, 2007 For more information call 305.531.1001 or visit www.wolfsonian.org During the nineteenth century, the American silverware industry became the largest in the world. By the 1930s, however, less expensive alternatives such as chromium-plated metal and aluminum had become increasingly popular. Faced with a shrinking market, silver manufacturers attracted progressive customers by introducing innovative designs reflecting contemporary fashion, art and architecture, and new technologies. This showcase of American silver between 1925 and 2000 reflects how designers have adapted designs to suit changing social, economic, and cultural currents in this period. Recognized designers such as Michael Graves, Elsa Peretti, and Richard Meier are represented, as well as a host of individuals whose names are less wellknown by the general public.
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A Perfect Solitude The Art of Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932) Hawthorne Fine Art, 74 East 79th Street, Suite 3A-B, NY, NY Through February 10, 2007 For information call 212.731.0550 or visit www.hawthornefineart.com Walter Launt Palmer is best known for his snow scenes, in which he captured the subtleties of illuminated and shadowed winter landscapes. His subjects also included Venetian canals, bathed in pastel colors and sunlight, and detailed interiors that conveyed the complexities of the Victorian era. This exhibition charts Palmer’s depth as a thinker and his bravura as a painter steeped in two artistic movements: the Hudson River School and the Impressionist avant-garde.
The Target Collection of American Photography A Century in Pictures Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX Through February 25, 2007 For more information visit www.mfah.org or call 713.639.7300 Features ninety works produced from 1877 to 1998 by such celebrated photographers as Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Imogen Cunningham, and Dorothea Lange. These photographs provides insight into the ways artists documented the visual world during the twentieth century and furthered the creative uses of the medium by pushing the boundaries of traditional photographic practices. Organized to celebrate the anniversary of Target Corporation’s initial donation in 1976 that allowed the MFAH to purchase a substantial collection of photographs and establish a photography department, the exhibition will travel to the Austin Museum of Art and the Art Museum of South Texas in Corpus Christi. Highlights continues on page 26
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C A P E M A Y C O U N T Y, N E W J E R S E Y Jo h a n n He r m a n n C a r m i e n c k e ( 1 8 1 0 – 1 8 6 7 )
Cedar Swamps, Cape May County, New Jersey, Oil on canvas, 31 1/4 × 46 1/4 inches
In the 1850s, the swampy area around Dennisville in Cape May County, New Jersey was noted for an unusual industry called cedar mining. Huge cedar trees that were felled by age or storms sank deep into the peat and were found buried at various depths. The submerged logs—some estimated to be over a thousand years old—were quite sound and well preserved. Shingles made from these logs were in high demand among builders in South Jersey and Philadelphia, where the roof of Independence Hall was re-shingled with cedar mined from Cape May County.
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JAMES HART
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River Reflections, 1865, Oil on canvas, 13 7/8 x 23 1/4 inches, Signed and dated lower left
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19th And Early 20th Century American Paintings
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WALTER LAUNT PALMER
1854-1932
The Snow Mantle, 1911, Oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches, Signed lower left
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Charles Octavius Cole (1817‒1858)
Boy with Dog, 1850 Oil on canvas on board, 48 x 36 inches Inscribed on reverse: Painted by Charles O. Cole Portland 1850 Sully style frame
BROCK & CO. Specializing in 19th and 20th centur y Works of Ar t P.O. Box 593, Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741 Tel: 978.287.6004
Fax: 978.287.0673
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Martin Johnson Heade (1819‒1904)
Sailing by Moonlight, c. 1870‒75 Oil on canvas, 14 x 22 inches Signed at lower left: M. J. Heade Period frame
www.brockandco.com Please contact us for a complimentary copy of our latest catalogue.
Exhibiting at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show West Palm Beach, FL — February 16–20, 2007
Walt Kuhn (1877‒1949)
Ogunquit Beach, 1924 Oil on canvas, 12 x 16⅛ inches Signed at lower right: Walt Kuhn Inscribed on reverse: OGUNQUIT BEACH / AUG. 1924 Period Heydenryk frame
BROCK & CO. Specializing in 19th and 20th centur y Works of Ar t P.O. Box 593, Carlisle, Massachusetts 01741 Tel: 978.287.6004
Fax: 978.287.0673
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Thomas Hart Benton (1889‒1975)
Chilmark Pond, Herring Creek at Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, n.d. Oil on paper mounted on board, 6½ x 5⅛ inches Signed at lower left: Benton Benton style frame
www.brockandco.com Please contact us for a complimentary copy of our latest catalogue.
Exhibiting at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show West Palm Beach, FL — February 16–20, 2007
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John Singer Sargent Figures and Landscapes, 1874–1882 By Richard Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray, Yale University Press, 224 pp., illus., hardcover, $75
Unusual and Rare Forms of English Mochaware in the Cat’s Eye Design From our very extensive collection of Mochaware.
This is the fourth in the planned eight-volume Complete Paintings of John Singer Sargent, a project supported by Adelson Galleries in New York. This volume focuses on Sargent’s groundbreaking work in landscapes and figures during the eight year period he traveled widely in Europe and North Africa; producing such works as the Brittany inspired Oyster Gatherers of Cancale, and Fumée D’ambre Gris, which owes its mysterious veiled woman to Sargent’s discovery of Tangier.
Adelson Galleries Relocates For more information call 212.439.6800 or visit www.adelsongalleries.com Adelson Galleries has moved to their new space at 19 East 82nd Street, located one block east of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first floor of the 1890s townhouse features nearly 4,000 square feet of exhibition space. Business offices and the John Singer Sargent catalogue raisonné project will occupy other floors.
Ceramics in America 2006 Edited by Robert Hunter, Chipstone Foundation, 336 pp, illus., paperback, $60
Mr. & Mrs. JEROME BLUM 45 ROSS HILL ROAD, LISBON-JEWETT CITY, CT 06351 Appointment advisable (860) 376-0300 Only minutes from Conn. Tpke., Exit 84 (Jewett City)
Intended for collectors, historical archaeologists, curators, decorative arts students, social historians, and contemporary potters, this interdisciplinary annual journal examines the role of historical ceramics in the American context. This issue includes a review of evidence showing the use of Dutch and English delft tiles in seventeenth and eighteenthcentury American fireplaces, and an examination of ceramics made to honor the accomplishments of George Washington based on the archaeological recovery of commemorative wares related to him in Alexandria, Virginia. Also in these pages, Jill Weitzman Fenichell writes on ceramics inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Mark M. Newell and Peter Lenzo discuss the archaeological evidence of African-American face jug production. Highlights continues on page 30 7th Anniversary
Carved shoushan stone mountain with animals. 18th century, Guandong Province, China. Height 8.5 inches.
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